Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible Historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1415
MS M.394 fol. 208v

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Nehemiah: restoring Walls -- Within city walls, man, wearing hat, kneels, measuring stone with compass, beside three men, wearing headgear, one with right hand raised toward face, one with right hand on breast. To right, man, wearing hat, kneels.
In upper, lower, left, and center margins, ivy-rinceaux foliate decoration.
Illustration of Nehemiah 03:01-32 (Vulg. II Esdras 03:01-32).